CNN’s Rick Sanchez had the former adviser to Palestinian terrorist leaderYasser Arafat on to discuss the supposed danger posed to U.S. troops by Israel. Israeli forces are not going to be engaging any Western nation troops in combat, but, according to the former adviser to a terrorist leader (let’s not forget the source of this claim), support for Israeli actions, whatever they are, will make the United States and their allies targets, most notably these nations’ troops who are deployed in the Middle East. Being in harms way, the troops are already in danger, and recognizing that Islamic radicals don’t need any excuse to attack infidels, this claim is whole incorrect and downright anti-semitic. In continuing with this anti-Israel segment, CNN displayed anti-Israeli and anti-semitic twitter comments. What does “Israel is greedy” and “Jewish lobby runs America” have to do with the expansion of Jewish settlements? CNN should have known that the bigots would be spurred on by Rick Sanchez’s segment with this former adviser to a terrorist leader and cut the twitter feed, that is what a responsible news network would have done.

UPDATE:Zaid Jilani at Think Progress has an post about this mess, and it is nothing but nonsense. “America’s relationship with Israel is important, but not as important as the lives of America’s soldiers”? Excuse me, but is Jilani suggesting that the United States simply leave the Jewish state to the mercy of their enemies? Is this the “progress” these “progressives” are pushing for? It certainly appears that way. I don’t care if General David Petraeus believes that Israel is a threat to the American presence in the region (which I have trouble accepting, especially considering the source), it is nonsense, especially when Israel is attacked for being the “American presence in the region” (part of the idiotic American empire argument).

As Peter Wehner at CommentaryMagazine.com stated, this is about the refusal of the Palestinian leaders to except the existence of Israel. Everyone is quick to forget that done everything and more to sue for peace with these radicals, including giving up the West Bank and Gaza and allowing the Palestinian population to govern themselves (and once again, in response they elect Hamas and continue with their violent campaign). It is more than simply a matter of the Jewish state, however, it is a microcosm of possible future relations between the West and the Muslim world. As seen with the Jewish example, appeasement won’t work and peace is very much temporary. Returning to Lorne Gunter’s statement, if Israel can’t survive amidst this pressure, what hope do the rest of us have? After all, as the Lebanese will tell you, “after Saturday comes Sunday” right?

Let’s remember that next time someones wants to criticize Israel. I don’t see any reason to give these anti-semites justification for their bigotry, especially when they will look for any reason to take to the streets against the Jewish state… And you can’t blame the Jews for that… Pathetic…